How to Use mourning dove in a Sentence
mourning dove
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But over the years, he’s noticed that the call of the mourning dove has all but disappeared.
—Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2021
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Over George Washington’s head, the mourning dove’s glossy swirls ping against a matte sky.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2021
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In 1998, Ohioans were asked to weigh in on whether mourning doves should be categorized as game birds and hunted.
—Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, 5 July 2018
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The early goose season runs statewide for 15 days, while the teal season is open for nine and the mourning dove season continues through Nov. 29.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2022
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In fact, one of the last living wild passenger pigeons was found roosting with mourning doves.
—Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2019
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Fitzsimmons says mourning dove numbers are slightly below the long-term average in the central and north zones, but the totals are up from the state’s last spring survey in 2019.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2021
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Bill said, watching the distinctive outline of an airborne mourning dove appear amid the gathering light a few hundred yards distant.
—Star Tribune, 3 Sep. 2020
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Texas mourning dove hunters make up about one-third of the national total and typically account for about 33% of the national harvest on mourning doves and 90% of the whitewing total.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2020
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Some of the doves that would have been taken during the fall season remain in Texas; this is especially true of mourning doves, which are not as prone as their white-winged cousins to migrate south as temperatures chill.
—Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2017
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However, a most exciting thing happened in my yard recently: A mama mourning dove has made her nest in the magnolia tree in my back patio.
—Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 5 Aug. 2019
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Home gardens may see nesting mourning dove, a covey of baby quail, or the miracle of tiny hummingbird chicks hatching from miniature eggs in a nest not much bigger than a large thimble.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
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Michigan hunting groups want the state Department of Natural Resources to make mourning doves and sandhill cranes game species eligible for hunting.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2018
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According to the Diamond Dove website, mourning doves who have successfully raised their young in a specific site typically return to the same site year after year.
—Mallorie Sullivan, Cincinnati.com, 12 May 2018
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The oblivious mourning dove outweighs many rivals, but proves relatively peaceful.
—Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
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Wildlife experts estimate the state’s resident mourning dove population at around 25 million.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2021
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There are no reliable data on Los Angeles’ mourning dove population.
—Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2021
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